Fam, you learn a lot about a person when you go to prison with them.
I’m sure you got questions. And I could explain, but what would be the fun in that?
Instead, I’ll just say…
My friend, Jane Anderson is a multi-nominated-Emmy winning writer-producer-director, who was way too busy to sit down and talk with me. But I’m so glad she did.
Because not only is Jane a living, breathing encyclopedia about the craft of play and screenwriting, the life she’s lived as an artist…Scratch that. The life she’s living as an artist — at the ripe young age of 70? — It’s something we should all aspire to.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying life has been easy for Jane. A queer woman trying to forge her path in a straight world is hard enough today, let alone in the 1970s. But through her highs and lows, Jane clung to her words and in our convo she shared:
- How her father’s belief in her empowered her to believe in herself
- How the Challenger explosion propelled her to become a playwright
- And why she apologized for being a “dumb white woman.” She said it, not me!
Enjoy two friends talking honestly about Hollywood, race and craft, Fam.
After you experience our conversation and Jane’s work-n-progress, you’ll be inspired to find a way to serve — to help others and yourself. You’ll know how to use the super power of subtext as a playwright and screenwriter. And you’ll question if “X-Files” and the Ku Klux Klan have anything in common.
The truth is out there, OK?